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It’s a big month for the Twenty’s Plenty campaign with Premier League clubs set to meet on Wednesday 23rd March for one of their regular shareholder meetings. Away ticket prices will be on the agenda and we need to make them act now to reduce costs ahead of 2016/17.
At the last Premier League shareholders meeting it was reported that 12 or 13 clubs were in favour of an away cap. If 14 or more club...

As reported in recent weeks on the FSF website, the Premier League shareholder clubs met yesterday (Thursday 4th February).
Below is a statement from the FSF in response to the widely reported outcome of that meeting:
“We are incredibly disappointed to learn that a proposed cap on away ticket prices was voted down by the Premier League clubs yesterday in a secret ballot. Supporters will not let t...

Today the FSF launched a new lobbying tool that football fans can use to directly contact their clubs and urge them to back the Twenty's Plenty campaign.
Next week the 20 Premier League clubs will be meeting and we want fans to target their club chairmen or chief executives.
Our lobbying tool allows fans to contact them directly, calling on them to back the Twenty's Plenty cap for away tickets.
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Supporters trusts from clubs across the Premier League have written to their club boards asking them to take action on ticket prices.
Eleven trusts have asked clubs to table and vote for a number of measures at the upcoming Premier League shareholders meeting:
A freeze on all ticket prices in all categories for the three years of the new TV contract;
New money to be set aside to allocate every cl...

The Sports Minister Tracey Crouch told MPs today that ticket prices, particularly in the Premier League, can be "frustrating".
Appearing before the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, Crouch was answering questions on a range of matters - including fan engagement, ticket prices and football governance reform.
Jason McCartney MP asked the Minister whether she was aware of the Twenty's Plenty...

The third round of the FA Cup has a special place in the hearts of many football fans as the big teams find themselves on the road less travelled.
We've seen that fans face a lottery when it comes to ticket prices, home or away, in the competition. Sheffield United fans are being asked to pay up to £55 to see their team play at Old Trafford in the third round.
However, their have been some exampl...

The Minister for Sport, Tracey Crouch MP, praised clubs who have made efforts to reduce ticket prices and make live football more affordable.
Crouch was asked what discussions Government had had with the FA, Premier League and Football League on the cost to supporters of following football.
The Parliamentary question came from Jo Stevens, Cardiff Central MP and treasurer of the newly-formed All-Pa...

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said this week that the clubs are looking at a "pervasive" solution to the problem of away ticket prices.
Last week, a fans' delegation handed in a letter to a shareholders' meeting of the Premier League clubs, calling for the introduction of Twenty's Plenty and Scudamore's remarks were reported by the Guardian from an event with Business Secretary ...

A delegation of fans led by the Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) will deliver a message to Premier League clubs tomorrow demanding a cut in away ticket prices.
October saw price protests across the leagues which even drew support from Bayern Munich fans visiting Arsenal for their Champions League fixture. Supporters of top-flight clubs have identified tomorrow’s [Thursday 12th November] Premi...

This week Bayern Munich fans left the away end at Emirates empty for the first five minutes of their Champions League fixture against Arsenal - in protest at the £64 away ticket prices.
The protest, organised by a number of Bayern Munich fans' groups, was designed to highlight the effect high ticket prices have on the atmosphere in a football ground.
A statement by FC Bayern Worldwide said: "We wa...